Telescopic Magnetic Pick Up Tool

Various Ways the Magnetic Pick Up Tool Works

When most people think of using a magnetic pick up tool they think of the most basic uses: picking up nails and screws that they have dropped on the floor while working on a project, finding lost nails and screws in piles of sawdust, or ones that are dropped while working outside in the snow, and of course picking up your yard when the roofing company leaves behind a mess of nails in your grass.

While these are all great uses of the tool, they are not the only way to put this tool to use. After reviewing numerous online reviews on how people are resourcefully using General's magnetic pickup tool, I compiled a list of my favorites below:

1. BEFORE YOU VACUUM

Magnetic pick up tools are great for commercial cleaning crews to use before vacuuming. Office floors are consistently strewn with dropped paper clips and the staples that have been removed from paper all day long. A magnetic pickup tool will protect the vacuum from sucking them up.

2. RETRIEVE DROPPED JEWELRY

Some jewelry is magnetic (not real silver or gold though) and let's face it, sometimes those little backs to the earrings just get away from you. This tool can be used to find those lost pieces when they hit the floor and bounce out of reach.

3. GET CAR KEYS FROM BETWEEN THE SEAT AND CONSOLE

I admit, this is one that I do often. Everything I drop in the car goes directly in the space between the seat of the car and the console and out of reach, almost like there is magnetic force pulling them down. My keys have landed in this abyss many a times and a magnetic pickup tool is a quick way to fish them out. 

4. REMOVE NAILS FROM A FIRE PIT

If you live in the country (or maybe even the city) there is a great chance you have had a bonfire and burned wood with nails or screws in them. After doing this, at some point you have to sift through the ashes looking to remove any nails or screws that remain after the wood has burned away. A magnetic pickup tool makes quick work of an otherwise messy task.

5. RETRIEVE LOST TOYS UNDER THE STOVE

If you have small children there is a great chance that you have matchbox cars or a good portion of the magnetic alphabet letters lost under your stove. A magnetic pickup tool gives you an easy and fast way to retrieve the items before they are lost forever. Trust me, when you have children in your house you don't want to try reach your hand into tight dark spaces when you don't know exactly what is there.